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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaqen Hghar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Riordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hghar comes to the cage accompanied by Funky Polak - Pamiętaj. Tommy Riordan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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6 - 1 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaqen Hghar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Riordan!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riordan sizes up Hghar with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Riordan throws a jab when Hghar was well out of range.
Jaqen Hghar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riordan misses the jab.
Riordan tries to clinch up but Hghar circles away and keeps his distance.
Riordan defending well as Hghar loads up on a big left hand.
Riordan with the counter takedown but Hghar avoids it easily.
Hghar ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Riordan lands with an uppercut that bounces Hghar off the cage and back into range.
Riordan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice takedown defense from Hghar. No joy for Riordan on that attempt.
Hghar throws a body punch but Riordan moves out of range.
Riordan is looking to clinch but Hghar is avoiding it.
Hghar misses the shot to the body.
Hghar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hghar shoots in for a double leg but Riordan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hghar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riordan.
Riordan goes for a double leg but Hghar avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hghar continues to drive forward.
Riordan tries to clinch but Hghar moves out of range.
Hghar works Riordan's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hghar connects with a looping right hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hghar lands a head shot.
Hghar is looking to wear down Riordan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Riordan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hghar sprawls well. Hghar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Riordan gets slowly back to his feet.
Jaqen Hghar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Riordan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riordan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Riordan slips under a jab.
Hghar throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Riordan on the side of the head.
Riordan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hghar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hghar. Riordan does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Riordan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hghar scores with a nice right hand.
Riordan darts in looking for a takedown but Hghar gets double underhooks and turns Riordan into the cage.
Hghar throws a body punch but Riordan moves out of range.
Hghar cracks Riordan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Riordan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hghar as he jumps to the side.
Riordan takes the fight into the clinch.
Riordan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hghar misses with a punch on the inside.
Hghar avoids a wild elbow strike from Riordan.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
With the fighters up against the cage, Riordan throws an elbow but misses.
Hghar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Riordan tries to score a body lock takedown but Hghar shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A short right from Hghar.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Riordan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Riordan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Riordan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hghar working aggressively here.
Hghar misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Hghar on the inside.
Hghar misses with a punch on the inside.
Riordan misses with an elbow over the top.
Riordan gets underhooks to prevent Hghar's takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Hghar.
Hghar breaks the clinch.
Riordan tries to clinch
and Hghar counters with a single leg into guard. Riordan didn't expect that.
Hghar preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riordan pulls Hghar in close to prevent any damage.
Hghar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hghar controlling from the top position.
Riordan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Riordan working for a triangle but Hghar defends it easily.
Hghar is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hghar is looking to work some ground and pound but Riordan has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hghar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Riordan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hghar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hghar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Riordan is keeping the position for now.
Riordan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Riordan is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hghar doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Riordan.
Hghar is looking for a sweep. Riordan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaqen Hghar dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Riordan lunges at Hghar with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hghar's hand.
Riordan dives in and scores a takedown into Hghar's guard.
Riordan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Riordan won't allow Hghar to sweep him here.
Riordan looking to sit in guard and control but Hghar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hghar trying to control the position from guard on top but Riordan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hghar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Riordan working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hghar throwing strikes but missing.
Hghar won't allow Riordan to sweep him here.
Jaqen Hghar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Riordan wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Hghar is now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hghar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hghar is trying to control. Riordan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nice strikes from Hghar there.
Riordan wants to control but Hghar is keeping busy.
Riordan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hghar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Riordan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hghar looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Riordan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hghar slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Riordan keeps control of the position for the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riordan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hghar.
Riordan trying to control from the bottom.
Hghar thows a huge punch but Riordan dodges it nicely.
Riordan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hghar pulls his head out easily.
Riordan wants to get back to full guard but Hghar has mounted him!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riordan wants to hold on but Hghar pushes him away.
Riordan is in a horrible position here. Hghar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hghar prevents Riordan from getting the reversal.
Riordan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hghar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Riordan hang on?
A nice elbow there by Hghar.
Hghar scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Riordan is rocked!
Hghar lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Riordan! Hghar sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Riordan and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jaqen Hghar!
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energy
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hype
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